Bruce Kuklick

Damning Words

History & Biography

“H. L. Mencken has finally met his match. Darryl Hart has a high intelligence, an ability to write, and the sensibility of a Roger Williams Calvinist. He puts them all to use in this biography of one of America's most notorious non-believers. The result is a delight to read, illuminating Mencken and the journalistic culture of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century.”